Digital Security Association of
India (DiSAI), one of the initiatives of this ezine PreSense organised
a one-day Workshop on “Securing the Digital India”.Hon’ble Justice Mr. R. Subramanian, Judge, Madras High Court, inaugurated
the workshop. In his address, he highlighted the ramification of individual
privacy in India.Quoting the landmark
judgement of the apex court declaring privacy as a fundamental right, he said
it had been reiterated several times that freedom of expression was always
subject to reasonable restrictions.He
added that the freedom of expression of any individual should not cause
invasion into another’s privacy.

Experts in the field of digital security,
such as cyber law, cyber security, network technology, social networking sites
and cyber-crime investigation, shared their knowledge during the various
sessions in the day. The well-known cyber law expert, Shri Naa Vijayashankar
discussed the draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill that had been
submitted by the Sri Krishna Commission to the Central Government the previous
day.

In the panel discussion that
followed, the panellists, Mr Badri Seshadri and Mr Logesh Babu discussed the
Data Privacy related issues in India as compared to those of the western world
like General Data Protection Regulations in UK. In the post-lunch session,
there was a panel discussion on ‘Cyber Crimes: a 360-Degree Overview’.Additional Superintendent of Police, Ms. Lavanya
spoke about the current status of cyber-crimes in the state while senior cyber
law advocate, Mr Karthikeyan spoke about the various provisions of the
Information Technology Act and other related legal provisions. Shri
Karruppuswamy from Jesuit Technologies presented the network related
issues.

There were two short informative
sessions on ‘Digital Evidences’ and ‘Nuances of a Mobile Phone’.In the valedictory session, Dr R Nataraj,
IPS, Director-General of Police (Retired) and sitting Member of the State
Legislative Assembly, shared his experiences with cyber-crime cases and added
that the future was going to be completely digital, and hence, every digital
user should be made aware about digital security for his own security.

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About DiSAI

Digital Security Association of India (DiSAI) is a non-profit Public Trust and NGO (Non-Government Organisation), with Trustees on its board, holding expertise in technology and the academic field. This is the fourth initiative of eMagazine PreSense.

V. Rajendran, Editor of PreSense, is the Founder and Chairman of DiSAI. Prof. Dr R. Jagannathan, Editorial Advisor of PreSense, and former Vice-Chancellor of the Middle East University, UAE and the American Medical University, West Indies, is the President of the new initiative.

Presently, the world is talking about Computer Security, Network Security, Internet Security, System Security, Information security and Cyber Security. With technology penetration in all walks of life, impacting human life globally, safety and security of data in communication including the other aspects associated with life namely, ethical security, societal security, and legal security assume greater significance. DiSAI will embark on a new journey in this direction focussing in this niche area of digital security, involving all the stake holders in the area.

Those interested in getting associated with the initiative, irrespective of their location, may email to Shri V Rajendran, Chairman, DiSAI at info@disai.in or disai.india@gmail.com.